To select objects and text
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There are three methods for selecting graph elements. Depending on the item, you may find one easier than another.

Manual selection

1 Click $image\SELTOOL.gif$ , the selection tool on the Graph Editing toolbar.

2 Click the object on the graph.

1 Choose Editor > Select Item, and then choose from the list.

1 Choose the object from the Graph Editing toolbar drop-down list of editable items.

Selected objects have handles:

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When you select symbols, they display two handles. See Selecting groups and single items.	Text strings have handles at vertices (corners) and at line midpoints of a rectangle that surrounds them. See Selecting groups and single items.	Unrotated rectangles, squares, ellipses, and circles have handles at vertices (corners) and at line midpoints. For circles and ellipses, the vertices and endpoints are located on a rectangle that surrounds the object.	Selected polygons have handles at each vertex.

Tip	If you cannot select an object, it may be because a second object is in front of it. Select the object in front, choose Editor > Send to Back, then select the first object. See Bring to Front and Send to Back.